Workshops at Tree Thyme

Botanical Cyanotype Workshop

Join Laura of Parsloe Farm Flowers and step away from the stresses of life as you immerse yourself in shades of blue, while arranging pressed flowers in various compositions, to make your very own ‘blueprints’. 

During this two hour workshop, you will be taken through the process of making a cyanotype print step-by-step with demonstration and examples. You will then be provided with multiple pieces of pre-coated cyanotype paper to experiment with and a selection of pressed flowers and grasses to make your unique blue and white designs. 

Botanical printmaking workshops at Tree Thyme are designed to provide the participant with a quiet morning or afternoon of creativity and gentle tuition and hopefully the desire to continue to experiment and learn more in the future. Laura’s technique involves layering pressed flowers and leaves to create beautiful, textured cyanotype prints.

Refreshments including tea and homemade cake are included in the ticket price and there will be time to pause and have a wander in the garden.

Laura has a BTEC National Diploma in Art & Design and a degree in Printed Textiles. Having worked for over a decade as a Womenswear Print Designer in London and as Head of Print Design (Retail) for The National Trust within the not-for-profit sector, she turned to her love of nature and the great outdoors following the arrival of her two sons and began growing cut flowers from her home farm in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Laura now combines her skills by growing, drying, pressing, crafting and styling with the flowers she grows. She also teaches botanical printmaking and floral workshops with flowers grown in the grounds of the Tree Thyme Garden.

Sunday 5th July

1:00pm-2:30pm

£45 pp